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Excitement as US President Barack Obama lands at JKIA in historic homecoming

US President Barack Obama (L) waves as he is received by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) on July 24, 2015 at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta Airport after he arrived for the start of his two-day state visit. [AFP PHOTO]

It was a historic moment immortalised by the click and roll of cameras under the glare of electronic flashes as United States President Barack Obama stepped on Kenyan soil shortly after 8p.m. last night.

Kenyans, their unity and indefatigable sense of nationhood resident in the buoyant spirit of their leader Uhuru Kenyatta, burst into excitement as the President stretched out his hands and warmly embraced Obama in the true spirit of brotherhood.

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